Serial Mom
“Every mom wants to be wanted, but not for murder!”
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
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Cast
72 people
Kathleen Turner
Beverly Sutphin
Known for
Marley & Me
Romancing the Stone
Sam Waterston
Eugene Sutphin
Known for
The Newsroom
Godless
Ricki Lake
Misty Sutphin
Known for
Hairspray
Cry-Baby
Matthew Lillard
Chip Sutphin
Known for
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Scream
Scott Morgan
Detective Pike
Known for
Species II
A Dirty Shame
Walt MacPherson
Detective Gracey
Known for
Donnie Brasco
Homicide: Life on the Street
Justin Whalin
Scotty
Known for
Child's Play 3
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Patricia Dunnock
Birdie
Known for
Divorce
Lonnie Horsey
Carl
Also in
Buried Alive II
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
Mink Stole
Dottie Hinkle
Known for
Pink Flamingos
Desperate Living
Mary Jo Catlett
Rosemary Ackerman
Known for
SpongeBob SquarePants
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
John Badila
Mr. Stubbins
Known for
Tuck Everlasting
Head of State
John Waters Director · Basil Poledouris Composer Robert M. Stevens Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $7.8M · Budget $13M · United States release April 13, 1994
Box office
Budget
$13,000,000
Worldwide gross
$7,820,688
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Polar Entertainment
Production
Savoy Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 10, 1994
Premiere · Savoy Pictures screening room, Santa Monica
United States · April 13, 1994
Theatrical
Argentina
April 15, 2018 · Premiere · BAFICI - Buenos Aires Film Festival
Australia
December 2, 1994 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 30, 1994 · Theatrical
April 22, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Museu da Imagem e do Som ("Mostra John Waters 80 Anos")
Canada
April 13, 1994 · Theatrical
Czechia
September 9, 1994 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 30, 1994 · Theatrical
Finland
January 6, 1995 · Theatrical
France
May 23, 1994 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 25, 1994 · Theatrical
Germany
May 19, 1994 · Theatrical
Greece
June 27, 2013 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Hungary
December 14, 1995 · Theatrical
Italy
November 25, 1994 · Theatrical
Japan
September 15, 2013 · Premiere · Old Town Taito International Comedy Film Festival
Mexico
May 6, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
July 28, 1994 · Theatrical
Poland
July 7, 1994 · Theatrical
November 12, 2021 · Premiere · American Film Festival
Portugal
September 16, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema
Spain
June 2, 1995 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 18, 1994 · Theatrical
Switzerland
July 23, 2021 · Premiere · Fribourg International Film Festival
Türkiye
January 20, 1995 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 10, 1994 · Theatrical
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